BOSTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Embedded System Conference -- GDA
Technologies, Inc. (San Jose), a fast-growing IP and Electronic Design
Services (EDS) subsidiary of L&T Infotech, Ltd., today announced the
availability of the Bali Reference Board equipped with Freescale's MPC5121e
processor. With 32 Kbyte instruction cache and 32 Kbyte data cache, a double-
precision FPU, and instruction and data MMU, the MPC5121e is a powerful
processor designed for automotive, industrial, and multi-market applications.
Based on the scalable e300 Power Architecture(TM) processor core, the MPC5121e
is designed to run at 400MHz.
The MPC5121e processor is designed to be used in automotive telematics
systems, building automation, medical diagnostics and ultrasound applications,
surveillance and security systems, and digital home and gaming products. The
processor includes the MBX Lite 2D/3D graphics engine that supports the 3D
texturing and includes PowerVR geometry processing acceleration. The PowerVR
MBX Lite's unique tile-based rendering architecture provides powerful,
efficient performance and is implemented with a 128-bit interface to optimize
byte transfers on the memory interface. The multi-core architecture of the
processor provides a perfect balance between low operating power consumption
and high performance.
The Bali Reference Board represents a complete system for the development
community. In addition to the MPC5121e host CPU, its feature set includes
512MB DDR-II SDRAM memory at 400MHz, up to 128 MB NOR Flash Memory (for boot
flash image), up to 2GB of NAND Flash Memory (with boot compatibility), 80 GB
1.8" HDD with PATA interface, 1024 x 600 TFT LCD module with LVDS input,
Realtek RTL8201 10/100BT PHY, two high speed USB 2.0 OTG Ports, 802.11 B/G and
Blue tooth wireless module, AC'97 audio codec with build in touch screen
support, I2C based EEPROM for configuration and temperature sensor (optional),
and I2C based RTC for clock/calendar function.
The Bali Reference Board also includes a dual radio module conforming to
IEEE 802.11b/g wireless LAN and Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate,
providing the best of both wireless LAN and Bluetooth in a compact package.
The feature set for WLAN includes IEEE 802.11i security, Quality of Service
(QoS) traffic prioritization for VoIP and multimedia applications, and ultra
low power sleep mode. The feature set for Bluetooth includes v2.0 with EDR for
high throughput along with real-time data profiles for audio packets. An
internal Bluetooth signaling interface along with AFH is utilized for enhanced
co-existence for the two radios sharing the same 2.4 GHz spectrum. Linux Board
Support Package for the kit includes CFE boot, POST and support for boot over
PCI.
GDA is currently working with leading software application stack providers
to create targeted software solutions such as a TCP/IP Offload Engine, VPN
Client, and Security Engine; these solutions will further enable this platform
to evolve into shippable end products at a rapid pace.
"The addition of the MPC5121e-based Bali reference platform to GDA's
growing ecosystem of tools and development platforms underscores their
commitment to Freescale technology," said Mike Bryars, manager of mobileGT
Processor Operations at Freescale Semiconductor. "GDA's new reference platform
will further facilitate the ongoing adoption of the MPC5121e processor for
next-generation automotive, industrial and medical applications. The Bali
Reference Design kit provides a comprehensive solution for accelerating
application development cycles for our MPC5121e customers."
"GDA has a history in bringing reference solutions to the development
community enabling a faster time to market with significantly reduced risk,"
said Gopa Periyadan, Vice President & General Manager of the System and
Software unit at GDA Technologies. "Automotive, industrial, and medical
products based on high performance processors such as the MPC5121e processor
are increasingly being developed in the market. With our flexible global
business engagement model and our expertise with Freescale processors,
specifically the MPC5121e, our customers across all those industries benefit
from leveraging our design services skill sets and the MPC5121e reference
platform in a cost-effective manner."
About GDA Technologies:
GDA Technologies is a leading Electronic Design Services (EDS) and Silicon
Intellectual Property (SIP) solution provider for the Embedded, Networking,
and Consumer Electronics Market. GDA is part of the L&T Infotech Product
Engineering Services (PES) offerings, which aims to provide end-to-end product
design capability to its customers.
GDA has developed many high-performance IP cores for computer and
networking interfaces including HyperTransport, 10 Gigabit Ethernet MAC, and
SPI4.2. Additionally, GDA designs systems, boards, SoCs, ASICs, and FPGA's
from concept to product levels. The company has successfully developed IPs and
products in the areas of high-speed handheld embedded solutions, digital video
applications, Internet appliances, voice and data networking applications, and
non-form factor PC architectures. GDA is headquartered in San Jose, CA, with
satellite design centers in Boston, Sacramento, Chennai, Kochi, and Bangalore.
For more information, please contact sales@gdatech.com or visit our
website at http://www.gdatech.com
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